Amanda Craig
The Critic Books Podcast: The Golden Rule
In discussion with novelist Amanda Craig about her latest book
Never trust a publisher
Once Twitter takes against you, they will wash their hands of you, Pontius Pilate-style
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
The wrongs of Proudman
Criticism does not amount to discrimination or abuse
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
Amicus curAI?
The implementation of AI into the judicial process must be handled with care
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
